Abstract:
A robotic arm is constructed with electronic
devices and mechanical parts and it is based on the
PIC microcontroller. The robotic arm is designed to
pick a ball coming into the predetermined place.
After that the arm will place the ball to another
predetermined place. The arm can move either to the
right or to the left by the control of the operator. The
number of balls picked by the arm are counted and
displayed on the 7-segment LED display. Two digits
of 7-segment displays are used in this system. The
number of balls to be picked up by the arm are
limited to 10 by the program instruction. An Pic
Basic Pro language is used to control the operation
of the robotic arm. Opto-isolators and switches are
applied to detect the status of the arm and incoming
ball.
